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You know you're getting old when you can remember the days when a kid could walk all over the place with a realistic looking toy gun and nobody called the police.

Someone get this offer a pay raise. Dude deserves it.

Look, I’m sure the guy is a good dude, but is not shooting a child really considered a high bar for policing in the US now?

‘Cos that is what I would consider the baseline of human decency and critical thinking.

Agree. Compare that to the Canadian cop who showed good judgement and restraint dealing with the Toronto van killer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUY9bytwCZs

Not killing a few kids is a pretty low bar for officers to be setting.

The frequency of police using unnecessary force pretty much shot up, more so when it involves black people. It's got to the point where it seemed like it's "shoot first, ask questions later." Granted, this is not indicative and representative of the entirety of the US police force. It's just that there are enough tragedies being reported in local/national news that I question whether the officers are really qualified at all. Are the ones who pulled the trigger really made the right decision? Were they really in danger? Can any of these tragedies be prevented had the officers de-escalated the situation? Or used different method? Or had better training? It's a concern when your trust in local law enforcement slips little by little each time these things happen.